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Flavored Milk: All the Nutrition, Now with Lower Sugar and Calories

New USDA Guidelines and America’s Moms Recognize the Positive Impact Chocolate Milk Can Have on Kids’ Nutrition

Read more about a new survey, the importance of choices in school lunch menus, and what moms believe about the role of flavored milk in school.

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Flavored Milk’s Important Place on the Menu: A Director Shares His Story

Check out this article in the spring issue of CN Executive Update, featuring Orlando Griego, Director of Food and Nutrition Services for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District in California.  He shares his experiences with preserving chocolate milk’s place on the menu.  Read the article and more on our interview with him.

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Jessica Shelly is the March 2012 Spotlight On Winner

Read Jessica's story on how she worked with her processor to keep flavored milk in Cincinnati Public Schools and how her efforts won her a place in Spotlight On!

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New Study Shows Students Accepting Lower-Calorie Flavored Milks

Research published in January's Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics indicates that students are receptive to lower calorie flavored milks.  These findings help support the milk industry’s ongoing commitment to providing great-tasting products with less sugar and calories, and which kids will enjoy. 

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Encouraging Students to Make Healthy Choices

An LA Times OpEd by Brian Wansink and David Just, co-directors of the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs, discusses research that shows school lunches that offer kids lots of healthy food choices, including flavored milk, may lead to better to nutrition and happier kids. 

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Flavored Milk: All the Nutrition, Now with Lower Sugar and Calories

More than Five Years of Reformulations by U.S. Milk Processors Brings Significant Changes to Nutrient-Rich School Milk

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Milk's Nutrients are for Keeps in Cincinnati

Jessica Shelly, Food Service Director for Cincinnati public schools, tells of her drive to keep flavored milk in her school district, all to help ensure her students would continue to benefit from its essential nutrients.   Working closely with her local dairy to introduce a tasty chocolate milk, with less sugar and lower calories, she now boasts of happy kids and parents in her district.  

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Retailers - Visit our new website

MilkPEP has just launched gotmilksales.org, a new site that focuses on sales building strategies for grocery retailers. 

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IDFA Commends USDA for Highlighting Importance of Dairy in Reimbursable School Meal Rule, But Expresses Concern about Eliminating the Most Popular Beverage with Children

The International Dairy Foods Association commended the U.S. Department of Agriculture for highlighting the nutritional role that dairy products play in the final regulations governing the reimbursable school meal program that were released recently. At the same time, the association expressed concern that restrictions on flavored milk could reduce overall milk consumption in schools in favor of less healthy alternatives. 

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Registered Dietitian Flavored Milk Toolkit

Check out Whymilk.com for downloadable materials to equip you with the latest news and nutrition information regarding flavored milk in schools.

Milk Coupons

Retailers, find more information regarding the Coupon Redemption Policy for milk coupons and view valid coupon artwork.

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